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Doug Cox (left) teaches mathematics and engineering at El Centro. He also leads the Dark Knights chess club. (Kimberly Paynter/Keystone Crossroads)
Radio Times
Education

Last chance high

For students in Kensington who have dropped out of high school, El Centro de Estudiantes offers a second chance at graduation which, for some, means a chance at a better life.

Air Date: August 14, 2019

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Leafy Pine Street in Center City is contrasted with treeless North 5th Street in Hunting Park. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Urban Planning

Why some Philly neighborhoods have lots of trees — and others don’t

In Philadelphia, there many more trees in wealthy neighborhoods than in lower income ones. What are officials doing to make sure streets are equally green?

Air Date: August 7, 2019

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Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol building Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Cash assistance program for the poor in Pa. ends today

Despite a legal aid group asking the commonwealth court to grant an injunction, a small cash assistance for the poor has ended, effective Thursday.

6 years ago

Becky Green, 27, stands in front of the mural she helped to create in SEPTA Suburban Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

City emulates Mural Arts’ ‘same-day pay’ work model after seeing big demand

Demand for the work program run by Mural Arts is greater than the slots available. Now, Philly is doubling down on the model with $300k and another pilot.

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at a campaign rally for Pennsylvania candidates in Philadelphia, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Community

Wolf admin says SNAP restriction could impact 200,000 Pennsylvanians

More than 1.7 million people use SNAP in Pennsylvania, according to the administration.

6 years ago

Wyoming Valley West High School in Plymouth, Pa. Officials with the school district are not responding to several offers to settle debt students accrued from not paying for cafeteria meals.
NPR
Education

Offers pour in to cover Pa. students’ meal debt, but school officials not interested

At least five donors have stepped forward willing to satisfy the $22,000 in debt accrued by dozens of students whose parents did not give them money to pay for the meals.

6 years ago

A grocery store in New York City advertises that it accepts food stamps. A Trump administration proposal could result in 3 million people losing their food assistance.
NPR
Politics & Policy

3 million could lose food stamp benefits under Trump administration proposal

The Trump administration wants to change the way states determine who qualifies for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

6 years ago

A pedestrian walks by the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, June 28, 2019.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Advocacy groups attempt to halt imminent General Assistance repeal

Two advocacy groups are suing Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services over the repeal of a small cash assistance program for poor people who don't qualify for other aid.

6 years ago

SEIU union members rally inside the first floor of the Municipal Service Building to file a complaint against universities and hospitals, and a contractor for them who the union claims is not paying security workers the prevailing wage on Monday. (Michael D'Onofrio/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Union files complaint against CCP, UPenn, Drexel, Temple, and more over wages for security officers

SEIU filed its labor complaint against Drexel University, CCP, St. Joseph University, Temple University, Temple University Hospital, UPenn, and the UPenn Health system.

6 years ago

Summer camp attendees pose for a photo outside the El Futuro location. COURTESY TIM WHITAKER
Community
Broke in Philly

‘Alexa, wake me up for camp!’: Philly summer writing program bursting at the seams

Applications to Mighty Writers surged more than 1000%.

6 years ago

The courthouse in Luzerne County, Pa., where officials this month sent letters to parents who had unpaid cafeteria debt, threatening to take parents to Dependency Court if the obligations were not settled.
NPR
Education

Don’t have your lunch money? 1 Pa. school district threatens foster care

Wyoming Valley West School District, one of the poorest districts in the state as measured by per-pupil spending, is located in a former coal mining community in NE Pa.

6 years ago

With a mobile phone, Kenyans can send and receive money via a service called M-PESA. Now Facebook is entering the digital currency realm. The social media giant has helped develop a digital currency called Libra that plans to launch in 2020. (Nichole Sobecki for NPR)
NPR
Money

Does Facebook need a humanitarian partner for its new digital currency?

Libra, according to its website, wants to "reinvent" money by making a financial transaction as cheap and simple as "sending a text message or sharing a photo."

6 years ago

Many adults in the U.S. take out student loans but never finish their degree — leaving them in a vicious cycle of debt (LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Education

‘I’m drowning’: Those hit hardest by student loan debt never finished college

From mid-2014 to mid-2016, 3.9 million undergraduates with federal student loan debt dropped out, according to an analysis of federal data by The Hechinger Report.

6 years ago

Rally for a $15 minimum wage a rally at McDonald's in the 1500 block of W. Stewart Avenue in Flint, Michigan. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
Politics & Policy

House passes bill raising federal minimum wage to $15

South Jersey U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross is one of the early sponsors of the minimum wage bill.

6 years ago

A tasting event at Birchtree Catering's space at Globe Dye Works (Facebook / Love Me Do Photography)
Money
Broke in Philly

How can established small businesses — not startups — get access to capital?

It’s never easy to fund the hustle.

6 years ago

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